Not kidding. No joke. Its California law. Although I agree with the social commentary (last sentence). The statute is below. For non-lawyers it basically says (1) if you sell alcohol to somebody that is obviously drunk YOU are guilty of a criminal offense; (2) there is no civil liability in California for providing alcohol to anybody who can legally drink [
note, California is actually somewhat ahead of the curve here]; and (3) that stupid court case that attached civil liability is null and void because its the "consumption" and not the "serving" that is the proximate cause of injuries ... restated ... your an adult and 100% responsible for your adult asses mistakes, not the bar, liquor store or winery/brewery/distillery.
Business and Professions Code § 25602.
(a) Every person who sells, furnishes, gives, or causes to be sold, furnished, or given away, any alcoholic beverage to any habitual or common drunkard or to any obviously intoxicated person is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) No person who sells, furnishes, gives, or causes to be sold, furnished, or given away, any alcoholic beverage pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section shall be civilly liable to any injured person or the estate of such person for injuries inflicted on that person as a result of intoxication by the consumer of such alcoholic beverage.
(c) The Legislature hereby declares that this section shall be interpreted so that the holdings in cases such as Vesely v. Sager (5 Cal. 3d 153), Bernhard v. Harrah’s Club (16 Cal. 3d 313) and Coulter v. Superior Court (____ Cal. 3d ____) be abrogated in favor of prior judicial interpretation finding the consumption of alcoholic beverages rather than the serving of alcoholic beverages as the proximate cause of injuries inflicted upon another by an intoxicated person.
(Source:
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=25602.&lawCode=BPC)
What is your address? I need to send you an invoice.
By the way, if a venue were to be sued,
they would "Demurrer" to the suit citing the above statute, which would be tossed out of court for "failure to state a cause of action."